Moment of Truth for Mike Johnson

“Tonight’s showdown vote on the House GOP budget plan is hanging in the balance after a tough old day for Mike Johnson on Capitol Hill,” Politico reports.

“The speaker was locked in talks until late yesterday evening with holdouts from both wings of the Republican Party who remain skeptical of his outline plan for tax and spending cuts — plus border, energy and defense policy — via a single reconciliation bill. Johnson left the Capitol last night insisting a vote on his budget plan should still hit the floor of the House this evening.”

Punchbowl News: “Johnson and his top lieutenants are trying to corral a one-seat House Republican majority around a budget resolution with $4.5 trillion for tax cuts and $1.5 trillion-plus in spending cuts to satisfy a president who sided with them over the new Senate GOP majority. Yet rank-and-file House Republicans and top senators are jamming Johnson from every which way as a huge floor vote looms today.”